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S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "We should keep [the Panama Canal]. After all, we stole it fair and square."

We should keep [the Panama Canal]. After all, we stole it fair and square.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die."

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.




S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing."

Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read."

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.




S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "The meanings of words are not in the words, they are in us."

The meanings of words are not in the words, they are in us.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "Language is a unifying instrument which binds people together. When people speak one language they become as one, they become a society."

Language is a unifying instrument which binds people together. When people speak one language they become as one, they become a society.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "Bilingualism for the individual is fine, but not for a country."

Bilingualism for the individual is fine, but not for a country.




S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place."

Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words."

You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it."

If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance."

In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose."

I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.




S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "English is the key to full participation in the opportunities of American life."

English is the key to full participation in the opportunities of American life.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "I believe we are being dishonest with language minority groups if we tell them they can take full part in American life without learning the English language."

I believe we are being dishonest with language minority groups if we tell them they can take full part in American life without learning the English language.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "There is only one thing age can give you, and that is wisdom."

There is only one thing age can give you, and that is wisdom.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "The great thing about the United States is our ability to absorb foreign people and make them a part of us."

The great thing about the United States is our ability to absorb foreign people and make them a part of us.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure."

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln."

The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "McDonalds in Tokyo is a terrible revenge for Pearl Harbor."

McDonalds in Tokyo is a terrible revenge for Pearl Harbor.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "The United States is enriched by many cultures, and united by a single common language."

The United States is enriched by many cultures, and united by a single common language.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "English, our common language, binds our diverse people."

English, our common language, binds our diverse people.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting."

Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "Agreement is brought about by changing people's minds - other people's."

Agreement is brought about by changing people's minds - other people's.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either."

How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "Those terrifying verbal jungles called laws are simply such directives, accumulated, codified, and systematized through the centuries."

Those terrifying verbal jungles called laws are simply such directives, accumulated, codified, and systematized through the centuries.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "I have come East to find what the public likes."

I have come East to find what the public likes.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "Advertising is a symbol-manipulating occupation"

Advertising is a symbol-manipulating occupation



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "Definitions, contrary to popular opinion, tell us nothing about things. They only describe people's linguistic habits; that is, they tell us what noises people make under what conditions."

Definitions, contrary to popular opinion, tell us nothing about things. They only describe people's linguistic habits; that is, they tell us what noises people make under what conditions.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "My one ambition is to play a hero."

My one ambition is to play a hero.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "In the age of television image becomes more important than substance."

In the age of television image becomes more important than substance.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "We should keep the Panama Canal. After all we stole it fair and square."

We should keep the Panama Canal. After all we stole it fair and square.



S. J. Hayakawa Quotes: "He's always been something like a star to me"

He's always been something like a star to me